Do not use this article unless you are using CentOS 7.2 - 7.4. If you need instructions for disabling Nouveau for latest CentOS kernels/versions (7.5 - 7.6 at the time of this edit Feb 2019), please use the following article below:
CentOS 7.x NVIDIA Driver installation
When you are installing NVIDIA drivers, and it complains you have Nouveau running. Some GUI related issues with CentOS 7 included in this article.
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| [exxact@localhost exx]# sudo -s nano /usr/lib/modprobe.d/dist-blacklist.conf
##add 'blacklist nouveau' at end of '# framebuffer drivers' list
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blacklist nouveau
##save changes
[root@localhost ~]# dracut -f
##wait a few seconds until your terminal is responsive again
[root@localhost ~]# reboot
##rebooting
[exxact@localhost ~]# init 3
[exxact@localhost ~]# ./NVIDIA*
##Done
##If you are still getting issues with nouveau after you blacklisted it, ran 'dracut -f', and rebooted system, please run 'dracut f' and reboot again. It sometimes takes another reboot if you ran updates before rebooting the first time. |
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GUI issues
Sometimes the GUI does not display properly when:
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